Estimated delivery based upon order date vs. order at dealership?

[bloomy116]

Hey, do you guys have any idea if the estimated arrival of an order placed at a dealership for an allotted BRZ is based up the date that it was ordered (compared against all current orders in
North America)....or is it based upon the order in line to you are in at the dealership? For example, if you ordered on March 15 and you were last on the list for the dealership being allotted 10 BRZs vs. someone that ordered on April 1st that was the first on the list of a different dealership...who would probably get the car first? The guy that ordered in March that is at the end of the list for the dealership or the guy that is first in the list at a different dealership that ordered in April?

[GrimmSpeed]

My guess would be it goes in line at each dealership. Dealers are getting a certain amount allotted to them over a certain time period. Simply put, your place in line matters more than date ordered.


Justin

[ShoGun]

I was told by the dealer I got my preorder at that there is no specific order. Just depends on when the cars arrive at the dealership

[jai]

"It is important dealers fully understand the order filling process as you submit your sold orders. In summary, allocations for the 7 months May-November have been developed for each dealer. Fulfillment of a dealer’s allocation quantity will be spread basically pro-rata over the 7-month period and will not accelerate based on the number of sold orders submitted nor will it be reduced based on the number of sold orders other dealers submit. The most important factor is for individual dealers to ensure their sold orders are submitted in the order with which they want them filled. SOA will look to fill the oldest sold order within a dealer’s allocation from the pool of cars available irrespective of when that order came in versus any other dealer’s order."

From what I'm getting from that, the only order that matters is your place in line at your specific dealership. Noone (except for Subaru) will really know which dealership will get their cars earlier, although it's probably safe to assume that a dealer that is getting 35 cars will get some of their cars sooner than one just getting 3.